The search for social entrepreneurship /

"Outlines the debate on how to define social entrepreneurship, examining the four main components of social entrepreneurship: ideas, opportunities, organizations, and the entrepreneurs. Presents research on high-performing nonprofits, exploring how they differ across the four key components. Of...

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Main Author: Light, Paul Charles
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2008]
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Summary:"Outlines the debate on how to define social entrepreneurship, examining the four main components of social entrepreneurship: ideas, opportunities, organizations, and the entrepreneurs. Presents research on high-performing nonprofits, exploring how they differ across the four key components. Offers recommendations for future action and research in this burgeoning field"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:xiii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282) and index.
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